Queer Wolf
edited by James EM Rasmussen
March 2009
Queered Fiction
($6.99)ebook
paranormal/urban fantasy, collection, GLBT, erotic, werewolf
4.5 Fangs
.5
I probably wouldn't have read Queer Wolf if I hadn't been asked to review it, simply because I'm not part of the target audience.
edited by James EM Rasmussen
March 2009
Queered Fiction
($6.99)ebook
paranormal/urban fantasy, collection, GLBT, erotic, werewolf
4.5 Fangs
.5I probably wouldn't have read Queer Wolf if I hadn't been asked to review it, simply because I'm not part of the target audience.
That would have been a shame, because this very well-done short story collection about queer werewolves was one of the better paranormal anthologies I've read.
After reading the scholarly introduction that provides an overview of the werewolf legend throughout history, I wasn't quite sure what to expect - maybe an academic tome? Fortunately, the stories by 17 different authors were not dry academic texts in the least. Instead, they were skillful and deeply involving stories of being other. The stories and characters covered a wide range, from the slightly oblivious John in "The Stray", who never quite grasps that he's been changed into a werewolf by his lover's cousin, to the challenges faced by orphaned werewolf Drew in "Moon Sing".
My only complaint about any part of this collection was that several stories ("Family Matters", "A Wolf's Moon") seemed as if they were fragments of longer works and were not the self-contained tales that I feel work best for short stories.
Queer Wolf is available now as an ebook and will be available in print June 2009.
Reviewed by Chris.
After reading the scholarly introduction that provides an overview of the werewolf legend throughout history, I wasn't quite sure what to expect - maybe an academic tome? Fortunately, the stories by 17 different authors were not dry academic texts in the least. Instead, they were skillful and deeply involving stories of being other. The stories and characters covered a wide range, from the slightly oblivious John in "The Stray", who never quite grasps that he's been changed into a werewolf by his lover's cousin, to the challenges faced by orphaned werewolf Drew in "Moon Sing".
My only complaint about any part of this collection was that several stories ("Family Matters", "A Wolf's Moon") seemed as if they were fragments of longer works and were not the self-contained tales that I feel work best for short stories.
Queer Wolf is available now as an ebook and will be available in print June 2009.
Reviewed by Chris.
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